Super Excited!

What’s ahead
in the Horror and Sci-Fi genres is amazing and exciting, well for us Horror
Geeks and Sci-Fi Junkies.

With the
long awaited Eli Roth’s “Green Inferno” which brings us after a very long time,
a Cannibal movie we can only hope this could be a resurrection of sorts of the
Man eat Man films. Of course this may not be everyone’s cup of juice however I really
enjoy them except the graphic animal abuse for viewer ratings/shock value in
the early Cannibal movies such as “Cannibal Holocaust” and “Cannibal Ferox”
these exploitation movies were a very risky thing to aim for at that time but
like many things that are frowned upon during that specific era they sometimes
catch on and set a bar. There are many horrors on the horizon due for release
as well as many planned remakes and a little birdy tells me that Robert Englund
is actually trying to get the studios on board with a Freddy vs Michael Myers.
If they do decide to do this style of movie cross over again, I do hope more
thought is put into the story as Freddy vs Jason was good but NOT great, there
was a lot of work that was needed. We are also on the brink of “Ash vs Evil
Dead” which I must say I’m on the fence with. This goes beyond myself being a
horror fan because when does one say when? On the side of a horror fan it has
to be said that I think they left it a little too long for a TV series based on
the character Ash having any kind of impact on the fan base out there now as
there has been so much released for horror fans. Ash was last in “Army of
Darkness” in 1992 and “Evil Dead 2” in 1987 in almost 30 years they hope to
have this draw a base. I’m sure it will but I think like myself many people
will be thinking YES YES but if this was out 15-20 years ago, hell I’d have
bought up all the merchandise for sure. Now on the side of a man who has attended
many of the horror and sci-fi conventions both for business and pleasure. Bruce
Campbell is often a regular at these events and just like William Shatner he
has his very own set up thing going on.

Bruce I’m
sure knows he is a legend to many men and women around my age, not only did we
love his Dead work but all the thing between. But unfortunately Bruce has built
this reputation like some other celebrities that he is not only hard to get
along with but he is very strict regarding appearances. Some actors, performers
and artists are very grounded and will shake your hand, throw an arm over a
shoulder hell even joke around while you’re posing to have your moment with
said actors memorialised after paying $20-$30, but when many of my friends who cued
up in what seemed a mile long line to get an autograph or photo op with Bruce,
it is literally like you are paying for the privilege of being in the presence
of him, and one of my friends who was sorely disappointed as when he finally
got in front of Bruce all he did was look up once, sign a photo stand up from
his seat (didn’t move round the table) and not even look my friend in the eyes,
then my friend was rush out the other side. This is why I will NOT ever pay to
meet anyone, sure I have people I love to watch and people I’d love to sit down
with and have a chin wag with but I will not pay for that. They are not working
for me so I’m not paying them any money. Just my philosophy.

But onto
more sci-fi news…X-Files! YES.

Now if like
me you happen to know the names Spike, Willow, Angel then Buffy the Vampire
Slayer was a watch every week for sure, just like putting a X on your bedroom
window or hearing those memorable words “I Want to Believe” echo during an
X-Files episode. I am a huge fan of X-Files and all the episodes, I honestly
can say this was my favorite show. It had everything I loved, Cryptozoology,
Ufology and urban legends. I could not get enough of this show and the pairing
of Mulder and Scully was amazing, there was suspicion, sexual tension, love and
trust. David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson carried the characters and gave them
a real sense of who they were. The TV series ran ’93 to ’02 and during this
time in ’98 a full feature film was released and after the TV series finished
it would be six years later that they again would release a second feature film
“X-Files: I Want to Believe”.

This is
great and I can’t wait for the new series to start and I’ll be one of the first
in line to buy the boxset when it’s released. I will be sure to add more of
these products to Haven of Horrors when it becomes available.

In the
meantime thanks for reading and stay scary!